The Yoshihiro Tanbara ArchivesOxford English Dictionary has given YouTubers some career validation.
"YouTuber" is among the 500 or so new words -- including "Brexit" and "hackathon" -- added to the OED this month.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable The dictionary defines the term as "A frequent user of the video-sharing website YouTube, especially someone who produces and appears in videos on the site."
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The word dates back to 2006, and stems from "the proprietary name of the video-sharing website," aka Google-owned video platform YouTube.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable But perhaps the best part about the dictionary entry is the list of sample sentences.
"YouTuber Hugo took a selfie of himself every day from the age of 13 to the age of 19."
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